Bottle-holder.



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A u FILED .28. 191B.

1,288,9 1 1 I Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

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OSCAR KATZENBERGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Application filed March 28, 1918.

T all whom it may concern:

Be-it known that I, OSCAR KATZENBERGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Holder, of which'the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates to bottle holders and has for an object the provision of an improved construction which is in the nature of a bottle crate, wherein bottles of certain sizes may be nested in such a way as to accommodate a maximum munber without injury to the bottles or crate.

Another object in view is the provision of a plurality of plates or grate members formed with apertures so arranged as to hold a series of bottles in position and a second series in opposite position while allowing one series of bottles to be supported directly by the surrounding box or crate.

. A still further object in view is the provision of a bottle holder using grate structures having openings therein, the grate structures being formed either integral, with the openings pressed therein, or formed from strips built up to provide the spaced openings of different sizes for accommodating the bottles of the series associated with the grates.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a crate disclosing an embodiment of the invention, the top cover being removed.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through a crate disclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a section through Fig. 2 on line 33.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a slightly modified form of grate.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals 1 indicates a box of any desired kind, as for instance wood, provided with Preferably these grooves extend entirely around the box and receive the turned up flanges 4 and 5 of the grates 6 and 7 In this way the grates are held permanently in the box so that when the various bottles 8 and 9 are removed the crate is left in proper condition for receiving other bottles, and there is no chance of losing either of the grates 6 and 7. The grate 6 is made as shown particularly in Figs. 1 and 2, namely, from a piece of sheet metal pressed so that flange 4 will be provided and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

Serial No. 225,343.

a plurality of large openings 10 and with small openings 11 adjacent thereto. In pressing out these openings depending flanges 12 and 13 are provided, said flanges being rounded so as to guide the bottle-as it enters the opening and to provide an appreciable bearing surface for holding the bottle in place. openings 11 the flange 13 acts as a bearing support for the series of bottles 8, which are upside down when the series of bottles 9 are right side up. The openings 10 are made of such a size as to allow the bottles 9 to slide easily into the dotted position shown in Fig. 2, but not to leave any appreciable space, while the openings 11 are of such a size as to allow the neck of the bottleto pass through the opening and part of the curved top of the bottle to rest on the flange 13, whereby the bottle is engaged at a very strong point and will be properly supported. Beneath grate 6 a second grate is provided, namely grate 7, which is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. In this grate openings 14 are provided, which are the same size and on line with openings 10 of grate 6, while small openings 15 are provided, the center of,

which is in line with the center of the openings 11, but these openings are of less diameter than the openings. 11, as they merely accommodate the end of the neck as shown in Fig. 2. Flanges 16 and 17 are provided for openings 14 and 15. From this it will be observed that the large openings in one grate are in line with the large openings in the other grate, and the small openings in the top grate are in line with the small openings in the bottom grate.

In some instances it is even desirable to use a diflerent form of grate to that shown in Fig. 2, namely a modified form of grate as shown in Fig. 1, which may be substituted for both the grates 6 and 7, or may be substituted for grate 7. The structure shown in Fig. 4.- is built up of a number of strips of spring metal 18, which are bent for providing' large openings 19 and small openings 20. The part of the material forming the large openings 19 is bent at 21 and 22 for forming contact points whereby they may be soldered to the next adjacent small openings 20. The various strips of metal 18 extending from the outer small openings 20 or outer large openings 19 are bent at 23 so that the end thereof may be soldered to the next adjacent strip. The end strip 18 is In the case of the small provided With an extra long end section which is folded over and soldered in place for forming the end bar 24: of the entire grate, though the short ends soldered to gether forming the side sections. By providing these strips 18 of resilient material the bottles are resiliently held in a given position in the box, and When one or two of the grates shoWn in Fig. 2 are arranged in the box the same are arranged as in the preferred structure shown in Fig. 2, so that the maximum number of bottles of a given size may be contained in asingle container.

What I claim is:

l. A bottle holder comprising a box, and a pair of grates permanently connected With the box, one of said grates being provided With large apertures and small apertures,

said apertures being arranged in line, there being one large and one small aperture alternately, and the second grate being pro- 4 vided With a large aperture of the same size as the large aperture in the other grate, and a small aperture of smaller size than Copies of this patent may be obtained for the small aperture in the other grate, the large apertures of both of said grates being in alinement, and the center of the small apertures of both of the grates being in alinement. V r

2. A bottle holder of the 'character described comprising a box, and a pair of spaced grates mounted in said box, one of said grates having a series'of large openings and a series of small openings, said last mentioned openings having tapering Walls of an appreciable length extending inwardly whereby an inverted bottle resting thereon Will be supported by the top of the bottle coming in contact With said Walls, a second grate having large openings in line with the first mentioned openings, and small openings in line with the small openings of the other grate, said last mentioned small openings being smaller than the small openings of the other grate, but of a sufficient size to accommodate the neck of the bottle resting on the small openings of the other grate.

OSCAR KATZENBERGER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

